Device for carrying panels



1968 KARL-HEINZ WESEMANN 3,363,927 I DEVICE FOR CARRYING PANELS Filed March 25, 1966 I 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 v AVA INVENTOR. Kd kg; H @5772 Wewmzm M z AZQ/J Jan. 16, 1968 KARL-HEINZ WESEMANN 3,363,927

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United States Patent Ofiice 3,363,927 Patented Jan. 16, 1968 3,363,927 DEVICE FOR CARRYING PANEIS Karl-Heinz Wesemann, Minden, Westphalia, Germany, assignor to Messrs. Adolf Hafele, Nagold, Wurttemherg, Germany, a corporation of Germany Filed Mar. 25, 1966, Ser. No. 537,420 Claims priority, application Germany, Mar. 27, 1965, W 34,627 4 Claims. (Cl. 294-16) The invention relates to a carrying device by means of which plates or panels of any sort may be transported easily both in horizontal and in vertical position.

Persons transporting plate material run the risk of injuring their hands by the mostly unworked and therefore rough or sharp edges. For protection against such injuries leather guards or the like have been used which are worn over the palm, however, thereby the gripping and holding of the panels is considerably hampered.

Therefore, it is the object of the invention to provide a means by which plates or panels can be easily and safely carried both in vertical and in horizontal position without the risk of hand injuries.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a carrying device which does not leave an impression in the plates thereby carried in order not to detract from the value of the plate for further processing.

Moreover, the device must be of simple design and find a gripping hold everywhere along the longitudinal panel edges.

The problems underlying the invention are solved in that at the two ends and in the middle of a rigid how one rigid bar each extending parallel to the two others and of equal length is rigidly provided, that the center bar is disposed outside the common plane of the two external bars, and the junction points of the three bars and the how are disposed in the corners of an obtuse-angled triangle. Preferably the two legs of the how are of equal length and enclose between them an angle of about 130.

The bars of the carrying device are covered with an elastic material of a high friction coefiicient which, on the one hand, prevents the device from leaving impressions in the panel and, on the other hand, avoids slipping of the device on the panels as they are carried. This covering is preferably a coating of soft rubber.

In a preferred embodiment the bow with the two outer bars is bent from a single piece of tubing or rod, and the central bar is welded to the bow in its apex. The bars suitably have a length of about 10 cm., and the space between the surfaces of two adjacent bars is about 4 cm. Hence, panels can be carried either singly or in stacks up to a total thickness of 4 cm.

Further advantages, details and features will become apparent from the subsequent exact description of one embodiment and its applicabilities, in conjunction with the accompanying drawings wherein FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of according to the invention;

FIG. 2 shows the use of the carrying device for transporting a vertically disposed panel;

FIG. 3 shows a verlically disposed panel carried by two persons;

FIG. 4 shows a horizontally disposed panel carried by two persons;

FIG. 5 illustrates a horizontally disposed panel carried by four persons.

The carrying device shown in FIG. 1 consists of a piece of tubing or rod which is bent such that the curved bar or how 11 is integral with the outer bars 12a and 12c. The bars enclose with the bow an angle of 90 and are a carrying device disposed in one plane. The bow forms a knee in its middle so that its end points 11a and 11c and the center 11b form the corners of an equal-sided triangle whose vertex angle in point 111) is about 130 and whose plane is normal with respect to the common plane of the bars 12a and 12c. To the center 11b of the bow 11 a thirdbar 12b is welded which extends parallel to the two outer bars 12a and 12c in the same direction as the latter and has about equal length, preferably about 10 cm. All the three bars are covered by a soft rubber coat 13. The space between the bar surfaces is about 4 cm.

FIG. 2 shows the application of the carrying device for carrying a vertically disposed panel 14. To this end one carrying device 10 each is hooked to the panel 14 such that the panel is disposed between an outer and the central bar 12a and 12b, the bow 11 approximately contacts the panel edge, the bars are horizontal, and the angle between the legs of the how 11 opens in downward direction. As the carrying device is lifted by means of the bar and canted until the panel is gripped between the rubber-covered bars 12a and 1212, the carrying device has a firm hold of the panel surface and can be lifted together with the panel by lifting the bar 120. The torque thus exerted on the panel during carrying can be compensated either by placing the second carrying device accordingly on the opposite vertical edge, or by supporting the panels upper portion.

FIG. 3 shows a panel 15 carried in vertical position by two persons.

When two persons carry a panel 16 in horizontal position the carrying device is preferably engaged with the middle of the longitudinal panel edge 16a, as illustrated in FIG. 4. The two outer bars 12a and 120 come to lie below the panel, and the central bar 12b is disposed above the panel 16 so as to serve as a handle. With their free hands the bearers only have to balance the panel.

In case large and heavy panels are to be carried in horizontal posiiion by four persons, as shown in FIG. 5, the carrying devices have to be attached at the leading and trailing edges 18a, 18b of the panel 18 near the corners such that the bars 12a and 120, respectively, come to lie above the panel and the central bar 12b underneath the panel underside so close to the side edges 180 that the third bar 120 or 12a extends beyond the side edges of the panel 18 and can be used as a handle. In this position the bow with its section between the two bars gripping the panels preferably bears against the leading or trailing edge of the panel 18. In this case, too, slipping of the carrying device is prevented by the lever action of the device by which the panel is clamped between two bars, in cooperation with the soft rubber covering of the bars.

The carrying device may also be made from an individual bent bow having three mutually parallel bars welded, in a direction normal to the plane of the bow, to its ends and to its vertex.

What is claimed is:

1. Carrying device for transporting sheets and panels and in vertical and horizontal positions, comprising a curved main bar and three projecting bars formed as two end bars and a middle bar secured approximately at right angles to a plane in which the curved bar lies and said projecting bars being in parallel relationship to each other, the middle bar being disposed outside a common plane of the two end bars, and the junction points of the three bars being disposed in the corners of an obtuse-angled and equal-sided triangle, having a vertex of approximately when viewed from an end of the device, the sheet being adapted to be clamped between an end bar and the middle bar with the other end bar acting as a handle and also a sheet may be adapted to be supported by both end bars with the middle bar thus acting as a handle.

3 v r 4 2. Carrying device according to claim 1, character- References (Zited ized in that the three projecting bars are each covered with an elastic sleeve material having a high friction co- UNITED STATES PATENTS efficient. 2,997,327 3/1961 Bjalme 29492 3. Carrying device according to claim 1, characterized 5 3 00 79 10 1 Gray in that the three projecting bars are each provided with 3 212 8/1963 Cater a soft rubber covering.

4. Carrying device according to claim 1, characterized in that the curved bar and the two end bars are bent from GERALD FORLENZA Primary Exammer' a single piece of tubing, and the middle bar is welded to 10 F. WERNER, Examiner.

the curved bar. 

1. CARRYING DEVICE FOR TRANSPORTING SHEETS AND PANELS AND IN VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL POSITIONS, COMPRISING A CURVED MAIN BAR AND THREE PROJECTING BARS FORMED AS TWO END BARS AND A MIDDLE BAR SECURED APPROXIMATELY AT RIGHT ANGLES TO A PLANE IN WHICH THE CURVED BAR LIES AND SAID PROJECTING BARS BEING IN PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP TO EACH OTHER, THE MIDDLE BAR BEING DISPOSED OUTSIDE A COMMON PLANE OF THE TWO END BARS, AND THE JUNCTION POINTS OF THE THREE BARS BEING DISPOSED IN THE CORNERS OF AN ABTUSE-ANGLED AND EQUAL-SIDED TRIANGLE, HAVING A VERTEX OF APPROXIMATELY 130* WHEN VIEWED FROM AN END OF THE DEVICE, THE SHEET BEING ADAPTED TO BE CLAMPED BETWEEN AN END BAR AND THE MIDDLE BAR WITH THE OTHER END BAR ACTING AS A HANDLE AND ALSO A SHEET MAY BE ADAPTED TO BE SUPPROTED BY BOTH END BARS WITH THE MIDDLE BAR THUS ACTING AS A HANDLE. 